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    6 vulnerabilities found for Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI by yoast

    CVE-2026-15425 (GCVE-0-2026-15425)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-25 06:50 – Updated: 2026-07-27 14:36
    VLAI
    Title
    Yoast SEO <= 28.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Slug (post_name)
    Summary
    The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Slug (post_name) in all versions up to, and including, 28.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires pretty permalinks to be enabled, as the exploit chain depends on get_permalink() embedding the stored percent-encoded post_name in the generated URL.
    Severity
    6.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2026-07-27 14:36 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    Wordfence CNA
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Dmitrii Ignatyev
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2025-14481 (GCVE-0-2025-14481)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 04:28 – Updated: 2026-05-27 10:41
    VLAI
    Title
    Yoast SEO <= 26.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'post_id' Parameter
    Summary
    The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References in all versions up to, and including, 26.5. This is due to insufficient authorization checks in the Meta Search REST API endpoint that fail to verify post ownership. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to read sensitive SEO metadata from any post on the site via the 'post_id' parameter, including posts owned by other users, private posts, and draft posts.
    Severity
    4.3 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2026-05-27 10:18 UTC
    CWE
    Assigner
    Wordfence CNA
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    NumeX
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2026-3427 (GCVE-0-2026-3427)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-22 03:26 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:35
    VLAI
    Title
    Yoast SEO <= 27.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'jsonText' Block Attribute
    Summary
    The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `jsonText` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 27.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
    Severity
    6.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2026-03-23 15:07 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    Wordfence CNA
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Osvaldo Noe Gonzalez Del Rio
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2026-1293 (GCVE-0-2026-1293)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 11:21 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:05
    VLAI
    Title
    Yoast SEO <= 26.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'yoast-schema' Block Attribute
    Summary
    The Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the the `yoast-schema` block attribute in all versions up to, and including, 26.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
    Severity
    6.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2026-02-06 12:27 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    Wordfence CNA
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    suyoung kim
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2024-4984 (GCVE-0-2024-4984)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-16 02:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:54
    VLAI
    Title
    Yoast SEO <= 22.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    Summary
    The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘display_name’ author meta in all versions up to, and including, 22.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
    Severity
    6.4 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2024-05-16 15:09 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    Wordfence CNA
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    rob006
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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    CVE-2024-4041 (GCVE-0-2024-4041)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-09 20:03 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:51
    VLAI
    Title
    Yoast SEO <= 22.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
    Summary
    The Yoast SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URLs in all versions up to, and including, 22.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
    Severity
    6.1 (Medium)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
    Decision recorded 2024-05-13 19:56 UTC
    CWE
    • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
    Assigner
    Wordfence CNA
    References
    Impacted products
    Credits
    Bassem Essam
    Show details on NVD website
    To clipboard 

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